This would have been a pretty straight forward refurb except for two issues. The first is that the blade has a decent overgrind strip on the right side where it appears that the blade was refinished after the mark was lasered on. There's a hollowed out section from spine to edge in just this section. I did my best to even the face of the blade out but I couldn't add steel where it had been removed so some evidence still exists. The second issue nearly kicked my ass, the bolster is whacked out, it was shorter on one side than the other and more or less uneven in every direction. This might not have been that big of a deal if I was applying scales but in this case I was putting a squared up block of wood up against these things. As with the blade I did my best to make this look as good as possible where there was little to work with and again some evidence still remains of the factory imperfection.

Okay, Dave, you've 'detoxed' the Addict, and now found a 'remedy' for the Remedy, so will you be 'fixing' Artifexes and 'replying' to Ultimatums?

Dave Martell

08-24-2012, 07:46 PM

Okay, Dave, you've 'detoxed' the Addict, and now found a 'remedy' for the Remedy, so will you be 'fixing' Artifexes and 'replying' to Ultimatums?

LOL, you never know.... :D

obtuse

08-25-2012, 06:08 PM

Still looking at the pics :D The mosaic pin is a nice touch, I didn't expect that.

knyfeknerd

08-25-2012, 06:14 PM

Great work Dave. Who says you can't shine up a turd?
Seriously though, I have an ultimatum in 19C27 that really needs some work. I love the properties of the steel. It seems like a good HT, definitely just needs some love. Happy to see you do this!

brainsausage

08-25-2012, 10:47 PM

Wow beautiful work Dave!.... If the knives looked that nice straight from the factory... Factory... Factoryyyyyyyyy...

Namaxy

08-26-2012, 12:31 AM

Well done...and stating the obvious, a marked improvement.

stereo.pete

08-26-2012, 01:28 AM

Nice work as always Dave. I feel very fortunate to have one of the few Addicts that you fixed up real nice before you realized they were more trouble than they were worth. Thanks again!

Dave Martell

08-26-2012, 01:42 AM

Thanks for the kind words folks. :)

obtuse

08-29-2012, 04:13 AM

I received the knife today. pictures don't do it justice. amazing job Dave! you are way too modest, what factory defects? I think you fixed everything.

Dave Martell

08-29-2012, 10:22 AM

I received the knife today. pictures don't do it justice. amazing job Dave! you are way too modest, what factory defects? I think you fixed everything.

I'm glad to hear that you like it Aaron and I hope that it kicks butt for you for a long time. :)